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ˈkɔr tɪ kəlcor·ti·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corticaladjective

    of or relating to a cortex

Wiktionary

  1. corticaladjective

    Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

  2. corticaladjective

    Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or rootthe tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CORTICALadjective

    Barky; belonging to the outer part; belonging to the rind; outward.

    Etymology: cortex, bark, Lat.

    Their last extremities form a little gland, (all these little glands together make the cortical part of the brain) terminating in two little vessels. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.

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  1. cortical

    Cortical generally refers to something related to the cortex, the outer layer of an organ or other structure. In neuroscience, it often refers to the cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the cerebrum in the brain, which plays a key role in memory, attention, consciousness, thought, and language. However, the term can also be used in other fields like botany and anatomy to describe the outer layer of other organs or structures, depending on the context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Corticaladjective

    belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney

  2. Etymology: [L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical.]

Entomology

  1. Cortical

    relating to the cortex or outer skin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cortical in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cortical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cortical in a Sentence

  1. Seth Norrholm:

    That goes through your higher cortical center in you brain. The high road says 'I've seen this kind of snake before, and I don't have to worry'.

  2. Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye:

    We had him watch the virtual arm move, he attempted to move his arm in the same way, and that elicited some patterns of cortical activity -- some patterns of electrical neural activity.

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